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"President Drake."

The messenger wore the uniform of a lieutenant colonel of the U.S. Army. His face was expressionless and his military posture was straight.

"The Office of the President invites you to drive the Valkyrie frigate of your Chamber of Commerce to Berth One in New York Harbor at 10 a.m. on June 1.

"Invite? Stand by?" Lorraine pondered this obviously ill-spoken sentence. The more he pondered, the stronger the color on his face.

"Yes, invite and stand by." The messenger said, "President Washington named your warship to visit Boston, and even if the Security Department strongly objected, he still insisted that you arrange the crew list on board."

"In order to keep us as happy as possible during this short journey, I will convey to you a few requirements of our position."

The sound is far away and noisy.

It was Lorraine's mood that interfered with the hearing. He had a lot of doubts in his heart.

President Washington is going to visit Boston?

The first time this year? Or the second time?

If it is the first time, shouldn't his trip be over on April 13th?

What is the reason for the sudden change of itinerary? What happened in this?

Lorraine wanted to be a straightforward person, but he kept admonishing him rationally, asking him that it would not produce any value except adding chaos.

Regardless of the reason for Washington's change of schedule, the result will be the same for Lorraine.

The key now is that the missed opportunity comes back suddenly, and all he has to do is to hold it firmly.

Thinking of this, he suppressed the excitement in his heart, opened his hands and opened his lips.

"Lieutenant Colonel, please speak."

The messenger took the paper from his pocket without harshness and spread it out.

"First, the Security Department hopes that you will submit the crew list and basic information to us 15 days in advance. We respect the opinion of Mr. President, but we also do not want anyone hostile to the United States to appear on board."

Lorraine nodded: "The list will be handed over to you before 9 o'clock tonight. You can take it back on your return journey. It is just a declaratory statement that I will not accept any opinions on personnel."

"Of course, this is your right."

The corner of the messenger's eyes twitched.

"Second, there are 47 guards and attachés to the president. We promise that there will be no more than 20 guards. This is also the President's request."

“Two hours before the president’s boarding, most of the entourage will board the ship in advance. We need to take over the ammunition compartment, equipment compartment, kitchen compartment and the presidential cabin on a separate floor. This is to ensure the safety of the president. We hope to get your understanding. "

Lorraine closed his eyes and thought for a while: "After half an hour, you can go to Valkyrie to select the presidential cabin in person. Except for a few functional cabins that cannot be adjusted, including my captain’s room, all are in yours. Range of choices."

"Valkyrie has 4 kitchen cabins. You can choose one of them to take over. You will prepare the meals for the president and the entourage, and we will prepare the meals for the crew."

"In addition, out of consideration of mutual trust, the equipment and ammunition compartment can be handed over to you to take over. But the gun compartment ammunition and the crew's personal equipment are not within your security scope, and Valkyrie must maintain a minimum defense requirement."

The corner of the messenger's eyes jumped more fiercely.

"You don't need to worry about the safety of Valkyrie, Mr. Chairman, because during the journey north, the U.S. Navy will arrange six destroyers to **** you personally."

"Whether or not to **** is your own business, you don't need to consult my opinion." Lorraine said, "I said that the purpose of keeping personal equipment and gun bay ammunition is to maintain the trust of both parties. If Mr. President is willing to trust me, I have an obligation to protect Mr. President’s safety."

"Do you doubt the loyalty of the security department?"

"If in doubt, I will directly reject your unreasonable request to take over the ammunition bay..."

The atmosphere of the argument was intense and weak.

The messenger probably never thought that this condescending ambassador would have so many differences. After reading all the content on the paper like a formula, he directly said goodbye.

Before leaving, Lorraine asked the messenger to sort out all of his feedback. As for crew information and cabin selection, the messenger didn't mention anything, as if he had fled in panic.

Two days later, the messenger came again, the lieutenant colonel was relegated to a deputy, and the chief envoy was replaced by a lieutenant admiral. He was also an acquaintance of Lorraine who had several fate during Edward Kenway’s time. General Robert Smith.

The lieutenant colonel was still expressionless two days ago, a little less arrogant, and two more guarded.

He introduced General Robert Smith to Lorraine: "Because there are many differences between you and us on the defense of Mr. President, Mr. President, the Office of the President has appointed a higher-level envoy to Miami this time."

"This is General Robert Smith, a member of the Maryland Senate, and Lieutenant Admiral of the Baltimore Fleet of the U.S. Navy. He is also the commander of this **** mission to the north. I hope you can establish good communication."

Lorraine cocked the corners of his mouth unchecked, and stood up: "Lorraine, Lorraine Anason Drake. General Smith, it's nice to see you."

Smith raised his head arrogantly, but because of his height, even with his head held up, he could only look up at Lorraine's chin, which made him very unhappy.

"President Drake..." He said, "You may not know that your Valkyrie adopted a lot of my opinions when designing it. She should have become a legend of the American Navy, not a pitiful ship. Privateer."

Is it the first to win?

Lorraine raised her eyebrows unexpectedly: "Hite told me about your friendship and the relationship between you and Valkyrie. I remember...you seemed to be the admiral of the Charles River formation, right? I firmly believe that you were a humble position at the time and did not need to be responsible for the death of the old navy revitalization plan. Did he guess wrong?"

"I'm talking about Valkyrie's design draft..."

"It's a pity that Valkyrie's design draft is far from the design draft of the miniature battleship in the old naval revitalization plan."

Lorraine said in a mocking tone.

"Valkyrie's design draft is the main reason I decided to acquire Haite Shipyard. Although Edward Kenway is an enemy of Great Britain, his vision is worthy of appreciation at least in terms of ship design."

"It is his harshness that made Haite's design team abandon a lot of compromise details suggested by you, which prevented Valkyrie from becoming a mediocre work. For this, I am very grateful to him."

The preemptive talk clearly failed.

General Smith sat down silently and looked at Lorraine without a word.

Lorraine sat down opposite him and summoned Monica for tea.

Lorraine finally made a sound when the fragrance of tea overflowed the study room.

"General Smith came with Mr. Lieutenant Colonel? It's not that close to Baltimore. No matter how fast the ship is, it's impossible to go back and forth in two days. As for New York, it's even farther..."

"There is no need to conceal this matter. If you cooperate enough, I don't need to come forward at all." General Smith said coldly.

Lorraine smiled clearly: "In other words, America is ready to accept my request in its entirety."

"I don't know how you approached Minister Hamilton, and I don't know why Mr. President trusts an Englishman so much and firmly believes that your request will not exceed our bottom line." Smith gritted his teeth, "You didn't say anything. Wrong, I was authorized before I came, unless you show the intention of murdering the president, or accept your terms in full."

"So, do you think I want to murder the president?"

"No. Just because I know you don't want to, I need to know why you are obsessed with combat readiness."

"Probably because the current U.S. Navy can't give people a sense of trust?"

Lorraine used an interrogative sentence, but what he said was a rhetorical question.

"The personal protection on the ocean must maintain a ship distance of at least 15 meters. Considering that we have no experience in formation navigation, most of the destroyers of the U.S. Navy are the old French and the French reforms of the maritime group. They are not small in terms of speed and Valkyrie. The gap, the safe formation distance between us will roughly expand to 50 meters."

"With a ship distance of 50 meters, I have no less than ten ways to separate the **** and Valkyrie in a short time. Although this delay will not cause the Valkyrie to sink directly, it is better to do more than less. For the safety of Mr. President, it is better to have more insurance."

...

Having said that, even if the Presidential Security Office of the United States is more dissatisfied with Lorraine's attitude, the **** plan has been finalized in the shortest time.

Lorraine can be regarded as brilliant this time.

On the Valkyrie, Lorraine was the captain, Catalina was the first mate, the second lieutenant Falamin of the special service formation, and the same Kao as the third mate, and Leif continued to manage the stormtroopers.

The chief helmsman and navigator are in charge of Bell during the observation period. Although he was temporarily removed from the decision-making level because of suspicion, Lorraine still trusted his skills, and from the performance point of view, he really did not look like an exposed spy.

In other positions, Henna is in charge of watching, Karen is in charge of boatmen, sailing, and Acharin is in charge of guns. Wang is also in charge of galleys and decks.

Noah's divination room has always been the spiritual authority on Valkyrie, and Carmen's staff room is the intellectual authority. This time, Sharon is also transferred to the ship, and his post is the second seat of staff.

In addition, the first formation that was badly damaged in the Indian War is being rebuilt, and it is expected that it will not undertake any sailing missions within half a year.

Their elite seafarers were temporarily transferred to Valkyrie in large numbers, mainly to fill the vacancies of three and four seats.

Favna’s assistant, Annie, stayed in Miami to preside over the reconstruction, and Favna herself was transferred to Valkyrie for the first time because of her exquisite drawing and tactical skills, serving as the second navigator and chief of the tactical room.

Everything is ready.

On May 17, 1786, the fully packed Valkyrie finally pulled out of the anchorage in the Jackdaw area and left the port.

Lorraine stood on the bow of the ship with high spirits~lightnovelpub.net~ and watched the pure white embankment recede farther and farther.

"Foremast raise the flag, turn the bow!" He shouted loudly, "This time we are going to New York to meet a distinguished passenger."

"Maybe some people will be curious and want to know how honorable our passenger is... I can only tell you that when he gets on the ship, he will live in my captain’s room, and his flag will be hung. The mainmast in Valkyrie."

"Please control your curiosity as much as possible, you can guess, don't talk, and don't try to inquire about the identity of the distinguished guest from our new friend. This is the most important rule of this voyage."

"Let's hope everything goes smoothly. I order, Valkyrie, set sail!"

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